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artist statement

teaching statement

misc.

 

Education

2005 M.F.A., Painting, University of Delaware, Newark, DE  

               
1997 B.F.A., Studio art, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
(Magna cum laude, University and Departmental Honors)


 Areas of specialization: Painting, drawing, sculpture and installation.
  

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2007 Confluence, Space Gallery, Denver, CO 
2001 Parameters, Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA             
1999 Surroundings, Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA 
 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
51st Annual Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition, Wright Musuem of Art, Beloit College, Beloit WI, Jurors: John McKinnon, curatorial assistant of Modern & Contemporary Art, Milwaukee Art Museum and Mike Brenner, director and curator, Hotcakes Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.  

2006
New Talent Juried Show, Space Gallery, Denver, CO, Jurors: Michael Burnett, Justin Brunelle, Tyler Aiello, artists 

Renewal of Citizenship Vows (in collaboration with Fereshteh Toosi), performance, Pangea Festival, Ft Collins CO, organized by Todd Simmons, Editor, Wolverine Farms Publishing

Out of Paint: Traditional is Non-traditional, Kuhn Gallery, The Ohio State University,  Marion, OH, Curators: Christopher Helman and Vanesa Wilkey-Escobar, Ohio State University 

Full Acquittal, Secret Show Series, Nashville, TN 

2005
Identity, Gallery MC, New York, NY, Curator: Louis Flanigan, artist


Last Call: M.F.A Thesis Exhibition, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
 
Thirteen, 11th and Orange Gallery, Wilmington, DE
 
Group Show, Delaware Center For Horticulture, Wilmington, DE, Curator: Robert Straight, Professor of Art, University of Delaware


2004
Art in the Garden, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, Curators: Carolyn Golt, College of Agriculture, and David Meyer, Assistant Professor of Art, University of Delaware
 
New Blood: New Work from First Year M.F.A. Candidates, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 

2003
Rethinking Landscape, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA, Curator: Kristy Krivitski, Instructor of Art, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design
 
Art Happens, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, Curator: Lois Flannigan, artist, University of Delaware  

2002
Suspend and Levitate, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA, Curator: Leo Mazow, Curator of American Art, Palmer Art Museum, Pennsylvannia State University
 
Obsessive Vision, Nexus, Philadelphia, PA, Curator: Christine Blair, Philadelphia Artist and Nexus Member 
 
2001
Annual Juried Exhibition, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA, Jurors: Becky and Gil Kerlin of Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, Honorable Mention
 
Works on Paper, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA, Juror: Thelma Golden, Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Programs at the Studio Museum of Harlem
 
Works on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ, Juror: Judith Cizek, Curator of 20th Century Contemporary Art, Delaware Museum of Art, Juror’s Award
 
Go Figure, Demuth Foundation, Lancaster, PA, Invitational  

1998
Teacher’s Pets, Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA, Curators: Robert Andruilli, Associate Professor of Art, Millersville University and Kim Fox of Lancaster Galleries
 
Young Artist in Residence Exhibition, Sykes Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA 

1997
Five and a Half, Place Marie, Lancaster, PA, organized and curated by myself and four other exhibiting artists 
 


Awards/Honors/Grants

2008 BLINK Grant for Temporary Public Art, Madison Arts Commission, Madison, Wisconsin

2004-5 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Delaware
2001 Honorable Mention, Abbington Art Center (Annual Juried Exhibition)
2001 Juror’s Award, Perkins Center for the Arts (Works on Paper Juried Exhibition)

1997 Robert G Hustead Art History Award, Millersville University
1997 Edna Rochow Workman Memorial Scholarship (for best painting), Millersville University
1996 Anne Tunnis Summy Watercolor Award, Millersville University


Professional Experience

2006
Adjunct Instructor, Metropolitan State Collage of Denver, CO, taught Drawing I (Spring, Fall 2006)

2005-6
Frame and Production Designer, Platte River Art Services, Denver, Colorado, created frame designs and finishes for a wholesale line of closed corner frames, also developed and managed production and shipping procedures, as well as assisted in other areas of design and production of labor-intensive high-end picture frames, including hand carving and gilding.

 
2003 – 2005

Adjunct Instructor / Teaching Assistant, University of Delaware, taught and developed curricula for the following classes:
Introduction to Painting (Spring 2005, Fall 2004)
Elementary Drawing and Painting (Summer, Winter 2005, Spring 2004, Fall 2003)
Drawing I: Tools and Techniques (Summer 2004)
Design in Visual Arts (Spring 2004, Fall 2003)

1999-2003

Art Technician, Kevin Strickland Fine Art Services, Philadelphia, PA, primary responsibilities included matting, mounting and fitting artwork, specializing in large or fragile works on paper


1997 –1998
Young Artist-in-Residence, Millersville University, Millersville, PA, maintained painting studio, assisted with painting classes, and curated gallery exhibition 
 
 


Bibliography

Laskin, Tom “Surprised By Art.” The Isthmus, January 11, 2008


Woods, Jennifer.  “Artists in Metanexus Project Eye the Science and Religion Divide.”  Science and Theology News, February 2005: 12.
 
Gorman, Rene.  “Students Exhibit”  The Review, February 11th, 2005.
 
Di Fonzo, Karla.  “Brave New World of . . . Landscapes?”  Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, August 29, 2003.
 
Slupe, Ellen.  “Inside Pennsylvania.”  Art Matters, October 2002.
 
Sozanski, Edward J.  “Works on Paper Stimulate, Delight.”  The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 5th, 2001.
 
Lang, Marlene.  “Through the Looking Glass, Conceptual Artist Sees Through Brick.”  Inside, April 1999: 19.
 
“From Where Paints, All Views Are Worthy.”  Lancaster Sunday News, March 7th, 1999.
 
 


 Publications


New American Paintings: Vol 9, issue 4 (August/September 2008): 164-7. Curated by Raphaela Platow, Director and Chief Curator, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinatti, OH

“Tell Her You’ll Marry Her All Over Again” Matter, A Journal of Literature, Art and Movement: 9 (2006): 152-3.
 
 “Identity.”  Are you ready?  Louis Flannigan, curator
 
“Visual Explorations.”  Metanexus Online Journal, Julia Loving, ed., April 30th, 2004,

 
 


Artist Residencies

2003 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 
1997 – 1998 Young Artist-in-Residence, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
 


Exhibitions Curated

1998
Four Artists, Sykes Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA, in conjunction with the Young Artist-in-Residence Program 

1997
Five and a Half, Place Marie, Lancaster, PA, conceived, organized and installed exhibition with four other exhibiting artists in vacant downtown store front 
 


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